Continuing Development of Charge-Coupled Device Detectors at the Mauna Kea Observatory

夏威夷岛上的莫纳克亚山顶是光学、红外和亚毫米天文观测的首选地点。夏威夷大学拥有广泛的设施，包括由天文研究所运营的2.2米望远镜、美国国家航空航天局红外望远镜设施、加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜和英国红外望远镜。为了充分利用这些设施和莫纳克亚山绝佳的大气条件，首席研究员将负责开发用于这些望远镜的电荷耦合器件（CCD）探测器和相关控制系统。这些系统将用于广泛的研究项目，包括调查类恒星物体的性质和与之相关的星系，到附近星系的距离，其他星系中星团的运动以及其他需要非常敏感的、几何稳定的探测器的项目。这些探测器的实施不仅将为夏威夷的天文学家服务，也将为在莫纳克亚山使用望远镜的国际天文学家服务。有关探测器性能、图像处理技术和优化望远镜图像质量的技术的信息将使许多用户受益。这一科学成果有望增加我们对宇宙早期的了解。

The summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii is a premier site for optical, infrared, and submillimeter astronomical observations. The University of Hawaii has access to a wide range of facilities including the 2.2 meter operated by the Institute for Astronomy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Infrared Telescope Facility, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, and the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope. In order to make best use of these facilities and the superb atmospheric conditions on Mauna Kea, the Principal Investigator will undertake the development of Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) detectors and associated control systems for use on these telescopes. These systems will be used in a wide-ranging program of research that includes the investigation of the nature of quasi-stellar objects and the galaxies associated with them, the distances to nearby galaxies, the motions of star clusters in other galaxies and other programs requiring very sensitive, geometrically-stable detectors. Implementation of these detectors will serve not only the Hawaiian astronomers, but also the international community of astronomers that uses the telescopes on Mauna Kea. Information about detector performance, image processing techniques, and techniques to optimize the image quality of telescopes will be of benefit to many users. The scientific return is expected to add much to our knowledge of the early era of our Universe.